Under a thick layer of dust beneath our bed, I found three hair bobbles. What were they doing there, and why hadn’t our cleaner J found them? More to the point, when had she last cleaned under the bed?

Of course, I knew the answer to my questions: J never made a thorough job of hoovering our bedroom.

I wanted to raise this with her. However, it would be difficult to do so while she was laughing and joking (and not cleaning!) with TPR in the study.